| US Patent: 324,169 
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| Ratchet Wrench | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Albert Harrison Rollin (exact or similar names) - Coldwater, MI |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Mar. 20, 1885 |  
| Granted: | Aug. 11, 1885 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | Albert H. Rollin patent August 11, 1885 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | The ratchet action is reversible, and the head can be "locked" by engaging both pawls with the ratchet.  The ratchet head has a complicated adjustable set of gripping jaws. 
 The whole thing looks way too complicated and fragile to be workable. |  |